Monthly Archives: November 2006

Candy Review: Chargers Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans

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Eating a coffee bean sounds a little weird at first, but when you coat it with dark chocolate and a candy shell… a whole new world can open up to you. Chargers Candy sent me a free sample of one of their battery-shaped tins of Chargers Chocolate Espresso Beans (“Get Charged”), and I am really buzzing while I write this.

First off, the packaging is really cool! I love it. A red and black battery is a great idea for the packaging of a caffeinated coffee product. I like coffee and I like chocolate, so I was really looking forward to trying these out.

All of the candies are bright, energy-filled, red. I started by popping one in my and suckling it to taste the candy shell. It tastes a lot like an M&M. Then I started to taste the chocolate. I was somewhat surprised to find that it was dark chocolate. The chocolate quickly melted and I was left with a naked coffee bean in my mouth. Then the thought occurred to me, “Maybe I should have just chewed the whole thing together. This might not taste good by itself.” I bit down. It wasn’t as bitter as I expected, but I did get a ground coffee flavor in my mouth.

Next, I grabbed 2 Chargers beans and popped them in my mouth and chewed. Much better. Dang good too! The coffee beans don’t taste bad (when they have candy and chocolate on them). I have had bad milk-chocolate covered beans before, but there wasn’t a bad bean in this bunch at all. Next thing I knew. I had finished the whole battery-shaped tin of them.

These would make great stocking stuffers for the coffee lover in your life or anyone that loves coffee and chocolate. The packaging is cute and the product is tasty. Now, I’m all buzzzzzy. Too bad I need to go to bed in an hour.

Buy Chargers Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans online:

candy, sweets, coffee, chocolate, espresso, buzz, battery, batteries, caffeine, Chargers

Candy Addict T-shirts

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I am a nut for T-shirts, and I have been dying to get some Candy Addict Tees printed up (mainly because I want one) so I’m finally going to do it. Problem is, I don’t have a design! So, let’s see if some reader (or friend of a reader) can come up with a great design for a Candy Addict tee!

I do NOT want a tee with just “Candy Addict” or candyaddict.com or “I’m a Candy Addict” on it (though I would like candyaddict.com on it somewhere small). I want it to be a shirt people would like whether or not they have ever visited Candy Addict. I want mass appeal. Here is an example of the type of shirt I like. I also saw a shirt that George Duran from “Ham on the Street” was wearing in the candy episode that I liked. It was an orangish-brownish shirt with a big multi-colored lollipop on the front. Plain and simple but classy.

UPDATE: Here are some more examples of the style of design I was thinking of:

I don’t want the design on a white or a black shirt. I’m thinking muted orange or light blue or something but I’m not set on that. I want a color and design that would appeal to both guys and gals. Also remember to keep the colors of the design to a minimum – more colors means more money to print the shirts. Let’s try and keep it to 4 colors maximum and remember you can creatively use the color of the shirt in the design. Please do not use any copyrighted candy, slogans, or images on the shirt. That means no Hershey’s Kisses shapes, or “Snickers Satisfies” on it. I don’t want to get in trouble with the candy companies. The design could be just text (a catchy/funny candy slogan), text and graphics, or just graphics.

So, if anyone has design skillz, send me a design! If I pick your design, you will get a permanent link on the t-shirt’s sale page that links to your homepage, design website, or whatever you want and you will get credit on the sale page as the designer of the shirt. You will get five of the shirts for free, and I’ll send you a bunch of candy within six months (I’ll squirrel away extras that I get).

For those that don’t have design skillz, but might want to buy one, let me know in the comments if you might be interested, and if so, what colors you recommend for the shirt, and what size you would want if you bought one (so I can get an idea of what sizes to order). Keep in mind, I will sell these shirts CHEAP. I don’t want to make much/any money on them, I really just want a few for myself. My goal is to sell these for less than $10 each but they will be done on good quality tees. You should be able to get one for less than $15 shipped. I’ll probably do an initial run of 50 shirts but if these sell well, I may do another batch at a slightly higher price. Maybe.

If I can’t find anyone with a good design idea, I may just hit up my sister (she does most of the graphics on the site) and see if she can come up with something.

Thoughts? Comments? If anyone knows of a website where designers hang out that I could mention this at, please let me know!

candy, sweets, tshirt, tshirts, t-shirt, t-shirts, design, designer

Oddly Named Candy: Picnic Hedgehog

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Picnic Hedgehog

The guys at The Sugar Revolution have found another candy we can add to our ever-growing list of oddly named candies — this one is the Picnic Hedgehog. The reviewers of this curiously dubbed product say that milk chocolate smothers peanuts, chocolate fudge, biscuit pieces, caramel and wafers in a 45g bar.

The Sugar Revolution writers say they purchased the Picnic Hedgehog for $1.75 at 7-11, but they live in Australia, so don’t expect to see it in your local 7-11 (unless you happen to live in Australia, of course). According to this page, Picnic Hedgehog was the 60th most popular candy in Australia for the past four months! If I can ever find one of these, I’m definitely buying it. Not just because I like all the ingredients, but because who can resist eating candy called Picnic Hedgehog? And you have to love the slogan for the Cadbury Picnic bars: “Deliciously Ugly.”

On a totally unrelated note: Cookie Dough Kit Kat! (found while researching Picnic Hedgehog)

candy, sweets, chocolate, weird, odd, Cadbury, Picnic, Hedgehog, Australia, Australian, Kit Kat, KitKat

Chocolate Really Is the Best Medicine

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The Best Medicine Chocolate

I wrote about Hypodermic Needle Candy earlier this month, and now I’ve found another chocolate cure for the holiday blues. Whether you’re stuck in an emergency situation, obsessing over wrinkles, or trying to follow a healthy diet, The Best Medicine—Chocolate provides the answer you need. Ditch the painful injections and try dark chocolate Bochox to smooth your skin; scarf some Emergency Chocolate in times of trouble; and eat the milk chocolate Ultimate Balanced Diet to cover all your meals.

Like most quirky gifts, The Best Medicine is pricey ($19 for a pack of three 3.5oz bars), but it really is a clever package. I know I’d rather try Bochox over Botox for my crow’s feet. (I’m not sure why it’s listed in the Shoes & Accessories section of their website though.)

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The Jellybean Caper

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Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

Today, we stray slightly from our tried-and-true Candy Addict formula and present to you an original candy-themed story by one of our resident wordsmiths
–Editor

Picture, if you will, a typical New York City studio apartment. It’s small, it’s cramped, and the “river view” consists of a dirty brick wall with a sliver of blue and brown you can almost see if you stick your head through the bars and tilt it just so.

At the desk cluttered with computer paraphernalia, magazines, sheets of paper, and various meal remnants sits our poor, unwitting victim. As we watch, she absentmindedly grabs a few jelly beans out of a bag sitting on her lap. She continues to play solitaire on her computer as she pops first one, then another bean into her mouth. On the third bean, however, something horrible happens. A huge crash resounds as first the keyboard and then the bag of jelly beans fall from her lap and she leaps to her feet. She pays no attention to the mess as she blindly stumbles for the small kitchen sink, reddish drool beginning to drip down her chin.

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